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Melomaniac 
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 Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:56 |
Kids have it way easier than we did back then...
I was riding my bike today and crossed paths with a teenager riding his scooter talking on a mobile phone... Not only do they have it easier, they are more dependant on technology and material than we were. They worry more about appearances than being... Truth is, today's youths worries me.
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mystic fred
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:01 |
i agree with you about the technology....once we knew how everything worked, even a space rocket, i used to strip down and repair my own car (it was a very old car!!) and wait till i got home to phone the girlfriend - peace all day!
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glass house
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:04 |
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I remember being 16 or 17 I talked back to adults, sometimes even being unpolite. But it seems the youth now is worse. Not my kids though ( I hope ) .
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Padraic
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:05 |
I'm not yet 30...but does fathering a child get you access to this room? 
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Melomaniac
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:06 |
 mystic fred wrote:
i agree with you about the technology....once we knew how everything worked, even a space rocket, i used to strip down and repair my own car (it was a very old car!!) and wait till i got home to phone the girlfriend - peace all day!
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Kids don't realize it yet, but relying so much on technology to make and have everything faster will increase their stress level through the roof and will stop them from learning patience. I mean, it has already become more common today to be suffering from depression, anxiety attacks and suicidal tendencies than it was when we were young, and they all seem to be wondering why...
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mystic fred
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:06 |
NaturalScience wrote:
I'm not yet 30...but does fathering a child get you access to this room? |
welcome, Dad!! 
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Padraic
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:09 |
mystic fred wrote:
NaturalScience wrote:
I'm not yet 30...but does fathering a child get you access to this room? |
welcome, Dad!!
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thanks fred! 
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mystic fred
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:11 |
melomaniac
Kids don't realize it yet, but relying so much on technology to make and have everything faster will increase their stress level through the roof and will stop them from learning patience. I mean, it has already become more common today to be suffering from depression, anxiety attacks and suicidal tendencies than it was when we were young, and they all seem to be wondering why... [/QUOTE]
yes, experts are discussing this issue in Britain right now, concern over the high percentage of young people sufferring from depression due to stress.
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glass house
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:11 |
mystic fred wrote:
NaturalScience wrote:
I'm not yet 30...but does fathering a child get you access to this room? |
welcome, Dad!!
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Welcome, daddy  .
About the stress levels the kids having : read an article about that, it will only get worse.
Talk a lot to my daughter about being satisfied with what you've got.
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Melomaniac
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:14 |
And what might be turning our youths in stressed people?
One of the main responibles has to be the medias (television) I think.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:16 |
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The media and society in general.Life is so fast-paced now and most people only look out for or care about themselves,kids included.
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mystic fred
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:18 |
video games are claimed to be a contributing factor...i tried some of them they really stress you out and pull you away from reality. try playing a racing game for hours then get in your car - it's extremely dangerous! 
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Melomaniac
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:19 |
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I also think that the capitalist system is responsible, with its so-called "values" now firmly implanted in almost every home in N.A and Europe.
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mystic fred
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:22 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The media and society in general.Life is so fast-paced now and most people only look out for or care about themselves,kids included.
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hi Jody!....very true, though i try to do my bit.......i have many teenagers in my care in my work and try to instill a community spirit. 
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mystic fred
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:27 |
Melomaniac wrote:
I also think that the capitalist system is responsible, with its so-called "values" now firmly implanted in almost every home in N.A and Europe. |
the survival of the fittest......humans are supposed to have grown above the law of the jungle. it is said a society should be judged on how it treats its, old, young and disabled people.
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glass house
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:28 |
Overall it is the fast pace and the pressure by others to do that and buy this. Chill!!
My daughter, as I, loves to read, I encourage her to do that and to find the peace to read.
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mystic fred
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:32 |
yes, good relaxation therapy, reading - i should do more myself! i spend most of my spare time listening to music and TV.
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Melomaniac
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:34 |
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We also have to teach our kids to invest time in what they really want to do, in passions and hobbies, and in their dreams, not in what society teaches them to be important, such as being richer and more powerful than the rest... They will be a lot more happier for it! My parents always encouraged me (and still do to this day) to continue playing music, even though he knew that it is not the easiest of paths... And I thank them for it.
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glass house
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:34 |
Fred, I try to take some hour or hours for my reading, go off to a quiet place and bury myself in the book. I even won't hear a bomb going off .
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Melomaniac
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Posted: September 18 2006 at 16:35 |
Can even a movie beat a good book? Not in a hundred years!
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